VANCOUVER, Dec. 6, 2018 /CNW/ - Carl Data Solutions Inc. (CSE:CRL, FSE:7C5, OTC:CDTAF) ("Carl Data" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that the assets of AB Embedded Systems Ltd. ("AB Embedded"), are fully integrated with Astra Smart Systems Inc. ("Astra") operations. With the combined talent pool, access to manufacturing capabilities, and machine learning/AI laboratory, several projects are now racing towards completion. Products such as a low-cost, IoT devices for smart city infrastructure, and Astra AirSafe, a real-time environmental sensor used for air quality and hazard detection, will be available in the new year.

"Not only are we currently seeing the benefits from our Astra acquisition, we are also well positioned to keep growing steadily throughout this year to reach our financial targets," said Greg Johnston, Carl Data CEO and President. "We have nearly a dozen hardware and software pilots running with smart city and industrial partners that will be transitioning to full deployments early in the new year."

The hardware and firmware assets of AB Embedded are now fully integrated with Astra's sensor development team and facilities, which will allow for the combined expertise necessary for the continued creation of low-cost, low-power devices needed to disrupt the environmental monitoring industry.

Further to its asset purchase agreement (the "Asset Purchase Agreement") dated November 30, 2017 with AB Embedded, the Company has issued 400,000 common shares of the Company (each, a "Share") to AB Embedded (the "Issuance") at a deemed price of $0.32 per Share. The Issuance marks the second and final issuance of its Shares to AB Embedded as consideration for certain intellectual property assets, tangible assets, and intangible assets purchased by the Company pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement. In total, the Company has issued an aggregate of 800,000 Shares to AB Embedded in connection with the transaction.

About Astra Smart Systems Inc.

Astra is located at the i4C Innovation building, an Industrial IoT lab, production and development facility located in Trail, B.C., Canada

Astra's facility is at the centre of the Kootenay regions industrial fibre optic hub and sits along the newly established Metal Tech Alley. This corridor of high-technology ventures focused on industrial innovation, right across from the regional Trail Airport (YZZ) and with railway access to the US border at only seven kms away. Astra offers custom-designed infrastructure, equipment, and professional services for IIoT applications. More information can be found at http://astra.earth.

About Carl Data Solutions Inc.

Carl Data Solutions Inc. is an Industrial IoT (IIoT) company focused on providing next generation information collection, storage and analytics solutions for data-centric companies. Building on its recent acquisitions, Carl Data helps its clients analyze and understand all forms of environmental data through a powerful platform of data collection, monitoring, reporting, and predictive analysis tools.

Carl Data continues to develop applications to work with new cloud-based mass storage services and analytics tools (BDaaS) to provide scalability for municipalities, utilities and other industrial verticals. These data collection and storage methods allow the company to build smart Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based applications that can collect data from many diverse sources and provide deep insight for decision-making purposes. More information can be found at www.CarlSolutions.com.

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